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Mark Collett is formerly chairman of the Young BNP, the youth division of the British National Party (BNP), and was director of publicity for the party. In 2019, Collett formed a group called Patriotic Alternative, of which he is currently the leader. PA have mainly focused on building their online presence through their active blog, and offline through a variety of efforts. This included a campaign in the summer of 2019, as part of PA's launch, when Collett and Tyrie coordinated a survey and, alongside fellow activists, polled people on the street in several locations across the country on questions related to immigration. To date, they have also held two conferences that have brought together very extreme figures from across the British far right. Many of the reasons for the organisation of the far right has been the unrepentant organisation of groups that have emerged out of the decentralised network of EDL, Palingenetic ultranationalism & populism. Patriotic Alternative, National Rebirth Party to name just two (the latter approved to run in Scotland by the Electoral Commission) have been able to thrive & have never been seen as the terrorist organisations they are. They will continue to 'defect' from fraction to fraction (see Alek Yerbury) ingratiating themselves into communities & galvanizing a new generation of British fascist activists.
